Thousands tracked in Largest-Ever liver cancer bead therapy registry
NCT ID NCT02305459
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This registry followed over 1,000 liver cancer patients who received SIR-Spheres—tiny radioactive beads injected into the liver's blood supply to kill tumors. The goal was to see how this treatment is used in real hospitals and how it affects survival, side effects, and quality of life. No new treatment was tested; instead, researchers collected data from routine care to better understand the therapy's impact.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Yttrium-90 loaded SIR-Spheres microspheres (radioactive beads delivered via catheter to liver tumors)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this registry could confirm how well SIR-Spheres works in everyday practice, potentially guiding better use of this therapy for liver cancer patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational registry, not a controlled trial, so it cannot prove cause and effect. Results may vary widely across patients and hospitals.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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1,051 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2014
- Finished
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Jan 2020
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients are only asked to be enrolled when they are treated with SIR-Spheres microspheres as part of the treatment determined by the treating clinician.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Treatment of liver tumour with SIR-spheres microspheres * Primary or secondary liver tumours * Signed informed consent form * 18 years or older Exclusion criteria * Under 18 years
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe
Vienna, 1010, Austria
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